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The First Prospectors

Who were the earliest prospectors in the Western Hemisphere? Is there any way to tell?

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Legislative and Regulatory Update


• California piles on the taxes
• Cap and trade passes House
• EPA to address bonding
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Miners Attend Meeting in Myrtle Point, Oregon


It was "standing room only" as a crowd of approximately 50 interested miners attended a meeting hosted by the Powers Ranger District and Forest Service personnel from the Siskiyou National Forest.

1999 National Mining Hall of Fame Inductees


Ceremonies to induct 1999s nominees into the National Mining Hall of Fame will be held Sunday October 10,
1999 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in St. Louis, MO.

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• Interior considers huge withdrawal in Arizona
• Travel Management Plans
• Roadless Rule has nine lives

Prospecting for Hardrock Gold - Part II


I finally managed to return to this exploration effort. There was still snow on the ground on the north side of the mountain where I started, but I knew the south side was likely melted and gold fever bit too hard to stay inside any longer.

1st Annual Placer County Open Gold Panning Championships—1999


Before it was over, 200 buckets of gravel and gold were swished and swirled in competition to determine who was the best gold panner in the County.

Platinum Alley—The South American Zone of Wealth and Adventure


California and Alaska have their reputation for gold mining wealth but they just don’t begin to compare with the huge wealth of gold and platinum found in the past and today in Colombia, Panama and Ecuador in western South America.

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